PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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- American Translators Association (German/French Language Divisions).
- ProZ.com translator community.
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CONFERENCES/LECTURES/WEBINARS
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30-Jan-2013 |
SDL |
Webinar - Apps for translation memory and terminology tasks from SDL OpenExchange |
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14-Jan-2013 |
SDL |
Webinar - How to translate a document using SDL Trados Studio 2011 |
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6-Dec-2012 |
Lingo24 (agency) |
Webinar - FLIM/Foreign Language Internet Marketing (internal agency process) – SEO, content creation/optimization, keyword localization/optimization, metatag creation |
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20-Sep-2012 |
American Translators Association |
Webinar - Working with Direct Clients |
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28-Oct-2011 |
American Translators Association |
American Translators Association 52nd Annual Conference (Boston, MA) |
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EDUCATION / CO-OP EXPERIENCE
(including software development education)
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New York University, New York, NY; October 2004 to December 2007.
Certificate in German to English Translation received December 2007.
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Grade average: A-
- German to English courses: Introduction to G-E Translation, G-E Legal I, G-E Medical, G-E
Translating the News, G-E Commercial.
- French to English courses: Introduction to F-E Translation.
- Also completed course in translation project management.
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Timken Aerospace, Lebanon, NH; January 2004 to present.
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY; October 2004 to present.
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Continuing education courses in German.
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IBM MVS/XA Systems Development, Poughkeepsie, NY; Summer 1987.
Summer co-op position as systems programmer.
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Created menu-driven system using ISPF to facilitate input of MVS SLIP command parameters.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; September 1986 to December 1987.
Completed 21 credits toward master's degree in computer science.
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Courses in systems programming, operating systems theory, DB management, software testing.
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Assignments written in C included an assembler, extendible hashing database, LISP interpreter.
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Taught C class & answered C/UNIX questions as help desk monitor.
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Williams College, Williamstown, MA; September 1980 to June 1984.
BA in English, June 1984; minored in computer science.
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Two years of German; music courses in theory, keyboard history & humor in music.
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Supervised over 30 student workers in dining hall.
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Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY; September 1976 to June 1980.
Graduated June 1980.
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Six years of French (starting in middle school).
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Also received numerous AATF awards, took French AP, and tutored French.
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Studied one year of Latin.
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